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Bible Facts Of The Day, September 25, 2026 “POWER THAT LIVES WITHIN US – Part I”

Acts 1:8 (NKJV)

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

There is a striking contradiction that can appear in the Christian (believers) life: we have received the Holy Spirit, yet sometimes we live as though we have no power.

We pray as though we have no power.
We face temptation as though we have no power.
We face fear as though we have no power.
We face opposition as though we have no power.

But Jesus did not say, “You might receive power.”

He said:

“YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER.”

This series focuses on three truths:

Part I — THE POWER RECEIVED
The Holy Spirit Comes to Live Within the Believer

Part II — THE POWER NEGLECTED
Why Spirit-Indwelt Believers Sometimes Live Powerless Lives

Part III — THE POWER RELEASED
Walking Daily in the Power of the Holy Spirit

PART I — THE POWER RECEIVED

“You Shall Receive Power”

Acts 1:8

Jesus spoke these words shortly before His ascension.

The disciples were about to receive an enormous assignment.

They were going to preach Christ in Jerusalem.

Then Judea.

Then Samaria.

Then to the ends of the earth.

But notice something important:

Jesus did not first give them a strategy.

He gave them a promise of power.

Because the mission of God cannot be accomplished merely by human ability.

Jesus knew Peter’s personality.

Jesus knew Thomas’s doubts.

Jesus knew the disciples’ weaknesses.

Jesus knew the opposition they would encounter.

And Jesus knew that ordinary human beings could never accomplish this supernatural mission through ordinary human strength.

So He said:

“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.”

The Greek word translated power is dynamis.

It speaks of ability, might, strength, and power.

Jesus was telling them:

“You will not accomplish My mission with your own strength. I will give you power from God.”

1. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BEGINS WITH A WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Before we talk about living in the Spirit’s power, we must understand something foundational.

We cannot make ourselves spiritually alive.

Jesus told Nicodemus:

John 3:5–6

“Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

The new birth is a work of the Holy Spirit.

When a sinner hears the Gospel, repents, and places faith in Jesus Christ, God does something supernatural.

The person who was spiritually dead is made alive.

Ephesians 2:4–5

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.”

Christianity is not simply a bad person trying to become better.

Christianity is about a spiritually dead sinner being made alive in Christ.

That is why Jesus called it being:

BORN AGAIN.

2. GOD DOES NOT LEAVE THE BELIEVER EMPTY

When God saves you, He does not simply forgive your past and then send you into the world alone.

God places His Spirit within His people.

Romans 8:9

“Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.”

And Paul writes:

1 Corinthians 6:19

“Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God.”

Think about that.

Under the Old Covenant, people traveled to the tabernacle or temple associated with God’s dwelling presence.

But under the New Covenant, Scripture describes the believer as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

God’s Spirit dwells within His people.

You may feel weak.

You may feel inadequate.

You may feel overwhelmed.

But if you belong to Christ:

YOU ARE NOT EMPTY.

YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

The Holy Spirit dwells within you.

3. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT MERELY A FORCE

This distinction is important.

The Holy Spirit is not simply spiritual electricity that God gives us.

The Holy Spirit is God.

He teaches.

He speaks.

He guides.

He convicts.

He intercedes.

He gives gifts.

He glorifies Christ.

Jesus said:

John 16:13–14

“When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth… He will glorify Me.”

Therefore, Acts 1:8 is not simply about receiving something.

It is about the Holy Spirit coming upon Christ’s disciples and empowering them for His mission.

And where the Spirit works powerfully, He does not make us obsessed with ourselves.

He points us toward Jesus Christ.

4. POWER WAS GIVEN FOR A PURPOSE

Listen carefully to Acts 1:8.

Jesus says:

“You shall receive power…”

But the verse doesn’t stop there.

He continues:

“…and you shall be witnesses to Me.”

There is the purpose.

The Spirit’s power was not given so Christians could boast:

“Look how powerful I am.”

The Spirit empowers God’s people to testify:

“LOOK HOW GREAT JESUS IS!”

The Holy Spirit gives courage to fearful believers.

The Holy Spirit gives boldness to timid witnesses.

The Holy Spirit gives strength to suffering Christians.

The Holy Spirit enables believers to testify about Jesus.

Look at Peter.

Before Pentecost, Peter denied Jesus before a servant girl.

After the Spirit’s empowering at Pentecost, Peter stood publicly and proclaimed Christ.

What changed?

The same Peter.

The same personality.

The same human limitations.

But now there was power from the Holy Spirit for the mission Christ had given him.

“Maranatha! Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”

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